A Threat to Public Piety : Christians, Platonists, and the Great Persecution /

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In A Threat to Public Piety, Elizabeth DePalma Digeser reexamines the origins of the Great Persecution (AD 303-313), the last eruption of pagan violence against Christians before Constantine enforced the toleration of Christianity within the Empire. Challenging the widely accepted view that the pers...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Digeser, Elizabeth DePalma (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2012]
Temas:
Christianity > Philosophy > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Persecution > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Philosophy and religion.
Platonists.
Violence > Philosophy.
Violence > Religious aspects.
Ancient History & Classical Studies.
History.
Religious Studies.
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: From Permeable Circles to Hardened Boundaries
  • 1. Ammonius Saccas and the Philosophy without Conflicts
  • 2. Origen as a Student of Ammonius
  • 3. Plotinus, Porphyry, and Philosophy in the Public Realm
  • 4. Schism in the Ammonian Community: Porphyry v. Iamblichus
  • 5. Schism in the Ammonian Community: Porphyry v. Methodius of Olympus
  • Conclusion: The Ammonian Community and the Great Persecution
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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